Christopher Bell duplicated his heroics from three weeks ago by racing to the checkers in the NASCAR Cup Series' Round of 8 playoff finale, winning Sunday's wild Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver's triumph set the Championship 4 field fornext Sunday's race at Phoenix Raceway. The 27-year-old Bell will be joined in the title hunt in the desert by Joey Logano, Ross
Cristian Arango scored early, Kwadwo Opoku scored late and LAFC booked their first trip to MLS Cup with a dominant 3-0 victory over visiting Austin FC in Sunday's Western Conference final. Between those goals, LAFC (21-9-4, 67 points) also scored from an own-goal on an early-second-half corner kick to make good on the promise they've shown, winning the MLS Supporters' Shield for earning the best regular season record and
The Chicago Blackhawks announced Sunday that defenseman Seth Jones had a right thumb injury that would keep him out for three to four weeks. It was not immediately clear when or how Jones hurt the thumb. He appeared in the Blackhawks' most recent game, a 4-3 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, and skated for 24:08 of ice time. Jones, 28, has recorded four assists over eight games to start his second season
The Detroit Pistons and forward Bojan Bogdanovic agreed to a two-year contract extension, ESPN and The Athletic reported Sunday. ESPN reported that the deal was worth $39.1 million. The Utah Jazz traded the 33-year-old veteran from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Pistons in September for Kelly Olynyk, Saben Lee and cash considerations. Bogdanovic, playing on the final year of his current contract, has responded by averag
CJ McCollum scored 22 points and Zion Williamson added 21 points and 12 rebounds as the visiting New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 112-91 on Sunday afternoon. Williamson, returning from a two-game absence due to a hip contusion, fell three assists short of his first career triple-double. Naji Marshall scored 17 points, Trey Murphy III and Larry Nance Jr. had 15 apiece and Jonas Valanciunas added 11
Seven different players scored a goal apiece Sunday afternoon for the host New Jersey Devils, who rolled to a 7-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in Newark, N.J. Fabian Zetterlund scored in the first period and Nico Hischier and Ryan Graves scored 33 seconds apart early in the second to jump-start the rout for the Devils, who have won three straight and six of seven. John Marino scored in the final minute of the seco
Younghoe Koo booted a 41-yard field goal with 1:55 left in overtime as the Atlanta Falcons pulled out a wild 37-34 victory against the visiting Carolina Panthers on Sunday afternoon. Carolina's PJ Walker hooked up with diving DJ Moore for a 62-yard touchdown heave with 12 seconds left in regulation, but an unsportsmanlike penalty on Moore contributed to a longer extra-point kick that was off the mark and kept the game ti
Kirk Cousins accounted for three total touchdowns as the Minnesota Vikings hung on for a 34-26 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in Minneapolis. The Vikings (6-1) won by eight points or fewer for the fifth straight game. Counting regular season and playoffs, the win was also Minnesota's 11th straight at home against the Cardinals (3-5), a streak that began in 1991. Cousins completed 24 of 36 passes for 232 ru